Patients presenting with defined areas of sensory loss--a preliminary study.
Indian J Lepr
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2001 Jan-Mar; 73(1): 17-26
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ABSTRACT
Thirty patients presenting with circumscribed areas of clearly demonstrable hypoesthesia were chosen from amongst those attending this Institute. Their history and clinical features were recorded, lepromin test was done for reading at four weeks, and peripheral part of the hypoesthetic area was biopsied for histopathology and immunostaining. The subjects were predominantly adult males with the symptomatic sites limited to the extremities. On routine histopathological examination of the symptomatic sites, the diagnosis of leprosy, using defined criteria, could be made in six cases (20%). Immunostaining of the remaining sections showing either no pathology or a nonspecific pathology revealed the presence of mycobacterial antigen in five of the 24 cases (20.83%). Overall, leprosy could be diagnosed in 11 of the 30 cases studied (36.66%). This study shows that leprosy may be an important cause of circumscribed areas of sensory deficit.
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Asunto principal:
Femenino
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Humanos
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Masculino
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Adolescente
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Distribución por Sexo
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Distribución por Edad
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Adulto
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Hipoestesia
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Lepra
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Persona de Mediana Edad
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Inglés
Revista:
Indian J Lepr
Asunto de la revista:
Tropical Medicine
Año:
2001
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
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